Reproductive strategy of two Gracilaria species, G. bursa-pastoris and G. gracilis, in a Mediterranean lagoon (Thau, France)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 559-564

  Marinho Soriano, E ^a,b   Laugier, T ^a   De Casabianca, M L ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Universidade Federal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEAWEED;

FRANCE; LANGUEGOC-ROUSSILLON; THAU LAGOON;

ALGAE; GRACILARIA BURSA-PASTORIS; GRACILARIA GRACILIS;

EID: 0031743957     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1998.41.1-6.559     Document Type: Article

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